Apple’s latest iPhone software patch, iOS 26.2.1, was released as a relatively small update aimed at improving stability and fixing lingering issues from earlier versions. In the days since its ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. When Apple issued iOS 26.2.1 instead of iOS 26.3, it came as a surprise to some. But it ...

When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for those devices for ...

Macworld emphasizes that iOS 26 is essential for iPhone security, as Apple no longer provides critical security patches for older iOS versions. The upcoming iOS 26.4 update introduces Siri 2.0 powered ...

iOS 26.1 lets you control the Liquid Glass design. iOS 26.2 offers better security for AirDrop. Most of all, iOS 26 patches several nasty security bugs. My wife and I both own iPhones. But differences ...

Update: As noted by Nick Heer on his Pixel Envy blog, analytics data is unreliable because Safari on iOS 26 is reporting a different operating system version in the user agent string that analytics ...

Screenshot iOS 26.2 fixes 26 flaws in Apple’s iOS software, two of which are already being used in real-life attacks. Update Dec. 14: This article, originally published on Dec. 13, has been updated to ...

Wary of Liquid Glass? You can stay on iOS 18 forever. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Not ready to take a gamble on iOS 26? You can stop an iOS update in its ...

iOS 26 launched to all users in September, but it was previously only available as a secondary update inside Settings, with versions of iOS 18 given priority. Now, Apple has started recommending iOS ...

Mark Gurman writes at Bloomberg about Apple’s 2026 plans: On the software front, we’ll see iOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27 and other operating systems unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in ...

Apple's iOS 26.1 Beta 4 brings two significant new settings to the iPhone. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images Apple has released a new iOS beta, and this one brings a big change to Liquid Glass. It seems ...